Krzysztof Nawotka, The Nourisher of Apollo.
Abstract
The polis Miletos, praised by Herodot (V 28,1) as the “ornament of Ionia”, is especially acknowledged for its political role in Archaic times. In this period, it is known as the founder of numerous colonies along the coasts of the Black Sea area, as well as the birthplace of Ionian philosophy (“Ionian Enlightenment”). It was a centre of extensive art and craft production and home of the renowned sanctuary of Apollo and his oracle at Didyma. The period of prosperity came to a harsh end when, in 494 BCE, Miletos and its territory were devastated by the Persians to put an end to the Ionian revolt – and this is where research on Miletos usually fades out. In over 100 years, the post-Archaic phases of Miletos have been the subject of only selective studies.
References
Bumke, H. 2009. Neue Köpfe für alte Damen. Zeugnisse für die Inszenierung von Tradition und Vergangenheit im griechischen Osten, in: Einicke, R., Lehmann, S., Löhr, H., Mehnert, A., Mehnert, G. and Slawisch, A. (eds) Zurück zum Gegenstand. Festschrift für Andreas E. Furtwängler (ZAKSSchriften 16): 25–36 Langenweißbach: Beier & Beran. Bumke, H. and A. Tanrıöver 2017. Der Hafen am Humeitepe in Milet. Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 2011. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2017 (2): 123–177. Dally, O. 2012. Bild – Raum – Handlung. Die Faustinathermen in Milet, in: Dally, O., Moraw, S. and Ziemssen, H. (eds) Bild – Raum – Handlung. Perspektiven der Archäologie (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 11): 215–234 Berlin: Topoi. Dündar, E. 2021. The Mushroom-Rimmed Amphora as an Indicator of Hekatomnid Regional Hegemony. Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 136: 111–150. Gorman, V. B. 2001. Miletus. The Ornament of Ionia: A History of the City to 400 B. C. E. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Grüner, A. and A. Hennemeyer 2001. Review W. Held, Das Heiligtum der Athena in Milet, Milesische Forschungen 2 (Mainz 2000). Bonner Jahrbücher 201: 552–553. Günther, L.-M. 2014. Bürgerinnen und ihre Familien im hellenistischen Milet. Untersuchungen zur Rolle von Frauen und Mädchen in der Polis-Öffentlichkeit. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Hallmannsecker, M. 2022. Roman Ionia: Constructions of cultural identity in Western Asia Minor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Held, W. 2000. Das Heiligtum der Athena in Milet (Milesische Forschungen 2). Mainz: P. von Zabern. Herda, A. 2011. Burying a Sage: The Heroon of Thales in the Agora of Miletos. With remarks on some other excavated Heroa and on Cults and Graves of Mythical Founders of the City, in Henry, O., (ed.), Le Mort dans la Ville. Pratiques, contextes et impacts des inhumations intra-muros en Anatolie, du début de l’Age du Bronze à l’époque romaine: 67–122, Istanbul: Institut français d’études anatoliennes. Herda, A. 2019. Copy and Paste? Miletos Before and After the Persian Wars, in: Capet, E., Doginez, C., Gorea, M., Koch Piettre, R., Massa F., and Rouillard-Bonraisin, H. (eds) Reconstruire les villes. Modes, motifs et récits (Semitica et Classica Suppl. 1): 91–120, Turnhout: Brepols. Huy, S. and B. Weissová 2020. An Urban Survey Applied in Miletus. Methodology and Preliminary Results of Systematic Survey on Humeitepe, in: Wilkinson, T. C. and A. Slawisch (eds) The Fieldwalker https://www.fieldwalker.org/ articles/aegean/002_huy_weissova/ Kinns, Ph. 1986. The Coinage of Miletus, The Numismatic Chronicle. The Journal of the Royal Society 146: 233–260. Kobylina, M. M. 1965. Milet. Moskow: Nauka. Mallwitz, A. and W. Schiering 1968. Der alte Athena- Tempel von Milet. Istanbuler Mitteilungen 18: 87–160. Monakhov, S. Yu. 2003. Греческие амфоры в Причер- номорье. Типология амфор ведущих центров-экс- портеров товаров в керамической таре = Grecheskie amfory v Prichernomor’e. Tipologija amfor vedushchikh centrov-eksporterov v keramicheskoj tare. Moskow, Saratov: Kimmerida, Izdatel’stvo Saratovskogo Universiteta. Marcellesi, M.-Ch. 2004. Milet des Hékatomnides à la domination romaine. Pratiques monetaires et histoire de la cité du IVe au IIe siècle avant J.-C. (Milesische Forschungen 3). Mainz: P. von Zabern. Nawotka, K. 2020a. Introduction. Epigraphic Habit, Epigraphic Culture, Epigraphic Curve: Statement of the problem, in: Nawotka, K. (ed.) Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity: 1–30. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. Nawotka, K. 2020b. Epigraphic Curves in Western Asia Minor: the Case Studies of Miletos, Ephesos and Pergamon, in: Nawotka, K. (ed.) Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity: 118–143. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. Parzinger, H. 1989. Zur frühesten Besiedlung Milets (Festschrift W. Müller-Wiener). Istanbuler Mitteilungen 39: 415–431. Seifert, M. 2004. Herkunftsbestimmung archaischer Keramik am Beispiel von Amphoren aus Milet (British Archaeological Reports int. ser. 1233). Oxford: John and Erica Hedges. Slawisch, A. 2013. Absatzmarkt Ionien: Zur Rolle attischer Keramik als Indikator für die Unterbrechung oder Verschiebung von Handelsnetzwerken in der Ägäis im 5. Jh. v. Chr., in: Slawisch, A. (ed.) Handels- und Finanzgebahren in der Ägäis im 5. Jh. v. Chr (Byzas 18): 185–206. Istanbul: Ege Yayınları. Slawisch, A. 2017. Ionien im 5. Jh. v. Chr.: Kollaps, Resilienz, Regeneration (unpublished habilitation). Ruhr-University Bochum. Slawisch, A. 2022. M.Ö. 5. yüzyılda Ionia: Diplomasi, Sanat ve Iktisadi Yapı / Ionia during the Fifth century BC, Art, Diplomacy and Economy, in: Ersoy, Y. and E. Koparal (eds) Ancient Civilizations of Anatolia – Ionia: 496-506. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Publishing. von Miller, A. 2022. Amphorae at Taxiarchis Hill, Didyma: Economy and Cult of an Archaic Sanctuary in Light of its Assemblage of Transport Jars, in: Lawall, M. (ed.) Assemblages of Transport Amphoras: From Chronology to Economics and Society, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology ‘Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World’ Cologne/Bonn 2018, 36: 5-9. Heidelberg: Propylaeum.